Rubber-tired wheel



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C.A.-M AYNARD.

RUBBER TIRED WHEEL.

No. 602,346. Patented Apr. 12; 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

CHARLES A. MAY ARD, or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

RUBBER-TIRED WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,346, dated April 12, 1898. Application filed mm; 10, 1898- Sci-111170- 666,196. or, wa

To all whom zit map concern:

lie it known that I, CHARLES A. MAYNA RD,

a citizen of the United States of America, and

a resident of Springfield, llampden county, 5 State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rubber- Tired Wheels, otwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rubber-tired wheels; and it especially relates to wheels designed for use on ordinary'vehicles-such as wagons,buggies,and carriages-- the object of the improvements being to provide a secure means of attaching the tire to the rim; and the invention consists in the combination and construction, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out;

in the claims.

,In the drawings tnlly illustrating my inin transverse section and showing contiguous ends of the tire and retaining-band coupled. Fig. VII is the same as Fig. I with a modified retaining-band. Fig. VIII showsin' plan view one end of the retaining-band shown in Fig. VII combined with a segment of tire. Fig. Fig. X

IX is a side elevation of Fig. VIII.

is a plan view of the coupled ends of the modified retaining-band. Fig. XI is a perspective, in reduced size, of the coupled retaining-band shown in Fig. I and FimXII is a modification of the couplings of the retaining-band shown in the other views.

ends are coupled form an arch of great- I vention, Figure I is a transverse section of a felly, rim,and tire and through the retaining- Referring to the drawings, a a are two metal tubes united by a metallic web I). v The tubescontained by them to resistany displacement of the tire in a vertical direction, and theweb uniting them forms a strut or tie to, with the tubes, constitute a truss to resist all lateral 5 strength relative to the weight of material the intermediate web, the outer edges of the strip being turned in, so as to leave no edge to cut the rubber of the tire. The result of a retaining-band so constructed is the combination of strength with lightness and a uniform distribution of resistance to the displacement of the tire at any part of it; also,

the provision of meansfor coupling the ends of the retaining-band in a perfectly secure manner and without an increase of size at the joint to cause an abrading-surface to the rubber or a weak spot therein due to a reduced thickness thereof.

To form the coupling at the tubes of one endof the retaining-band,dowels-pins c c are inserted and secured therein by being-welded or soldered to leave projecting ends, as shown in Figs; II and III. These projecting pins 'ju'st fit into the tubes of the corresponding end of the retaining-band, and when the two ends are brought together, as seen more par ticularly in Fig. XII, and the pins welded in the joinedtubes the shoulders formed by the tube ends and ends of the webs-but in a perfect prolongation of each other and no in-' crease'of size at the joint is produced.

As an additional means of coupling the ends wherefacilit-ies for electrically welding the pins in the tube ends do not existthe end of the web of one section of the joint is shown prolonged to form a tongue, which comes against the corresponding end of the other web-section and is riveted or bolted to it through corresponding holes left in the two ends. If desired, the two surfaces thus secured may be fined down, as shown in Fig. VI, to have the same thickness when combined that the body of the web has away from the joint, and this tongue may be employed as additional security, in 'coinbination with, the pins c, welded in opposing tube ends of the retaining-band.

Where 'a rivet is used, as shown in Figs. 5 IV, V, and X, the rounded heads of the riizet are little in relief from the web and cannot much disturb the tire at that point, although it is better to have the retaining-band perfectly uniform in size throughout. I

In Fig. I, where the retaining-band is shown embedded in the tire B, itis seen that the tire is held from being pressed away from the sides of the rim C by the tubes.a, rigidly braced transversely by the web 17, and the dif- 5 ficulty with 'themost successful vehicle-tires at present is that gravel and dirt get between the rim and the tire and soon wear the tire out, while with other retaining-bands in use edges of the band itself present cutting or abradin g surfaces to therubber, both of'which difficulties are obviated by this form of construction.

In the modification of the retaining-band shown in Figs. VII, VIII, IX, and X the. web-Z) in place of being a flat band is corrugated to leave a central longitudinal portion bearing directly upon therim C, while the tubes a (1, attached to its opposite sides, are inelosed in the rubber of thetire and in the 39 same relative position therein occupied by .hetubes in the band shown in-Fig. I. The tire is held by the tubes from being forced away from the'rim sides, and the con-figuration of the band,'asshown in cross-section in Fig. VII, prevents the tire from spreading at the bottom outward from the center.. The principal advantage of thisform of construction of the band is that where arr-imperfect section of a tire is to be removed without b changing the position of an entire retainingband relative to the tire the imperfect section may be cut out and replaced easily by the new piece being forced into position between the retaining-band and the rim, as a section could not easily be where the retaining-band wasentirely embedded in the tire.

In the web, as shown more particularly in Figs. IV and XI, is provided a series of openings h, which permit the rubber to extend to both sides of the web through the web and so anchor the tire to .the retaining-band that there can be no-ereeping of the tire.

In Fig. VI the rubber of the tire is shown extending througlr one opening h of the web,

and in Fig. XI aplurality of said openings are shown.

In practice the boltsD, clamping the tire, rim, and felly together, generally have their heads .connected with the retaining bands or devices inclosed by the rubber. vulcanized over them, their stems projecting to enter c'oinciding holes in the rim and-telly; but there is often difliculty in getting the bolts so at taehed to the tire to come in their, proper spacing to enter said holes, to obviate which difficulty I-provide elongated holes 9 inthe web I) and providecorrespoudin elongated openings 11. in the tire, through whwlithc atom of the bolt D passes. The bolts D1 are providcd with T-shaped heads that at enelteud overlap the openings 9 and i a. suilicient dieso that if the bolts do not-at once coincide with their holes in the rim and telly they may be moved'in the tire to do so; the clam ing pressure of' the bolt-head 011213116 webo the retaihing band' being suflicint to hold the tire from any movemen on the rim. In the form of web shown in ig. VII it would be suflieient to have the elongated hole in the web alone. p

In the-drawings, (1 baths tonguel from one 'tance to permit a play of the stem within said openingswhile always bearingpbovc them,

end of the web, overlapping the contiguous end at the joint of the coupling. m is the rivet securing-the tongue, and II is the folly.-

Now, having described myfinyention, what I claim is- 1. provided with side flan ges,a rubber tire seated in the rim,'.and atmetai retaining-band contbined with the tire by being embedded therein, and comprising two tubes lying'within the center of the tire and united by a web, means for coupling the ends 0! the-retaiuing-band, and bolts passin g through the web and clamping it to the rim and felly.

A felly,,arim arrangedon thefelly and,

opposite sidesfofthevertical v 2. l A felly, a rim arranged thereon and provided with'side: flanges, arubber tire seated on the rim, 8 metal retaining-band combined with the tire'and comprising two side tubes tied together by .an' intermediate web, said tubes inelosed by the'tire on opposite sides of its vertical center, 'a coupling consisting of dowel-pins within the abutting' tube ends and fast to both and forming a coupling maintaining a uniform and unbroken exterior to the retaining-band, and bolts'for uniting tire, rim and felly. I

3. A felly, a rim thereto provided with side flanges for sentingthe tire, a retaining-band for holding the tire to the rim, and comprising a metal band with its -op its edges turned over toform tubes and an intermediate portion left as a web between the tubes, and combinedwith the-tire by having the tubes inclosed therein on opposite sides of its vertical center, means for coupling the ends of the retaining-band, and means for securing tire,.ri-m and felly together.

4, -The combination" of'a felly, flanged rim seated thereon, rubber tire seated in the rim,

metal retaining-band comprising side tubes inelosed in the tire and intermediate web, bolt with its head bearing upon the web and stem passing through'rim and felly, and elongated hole in the web beneath the bolt-head of greater diameter than the bolt-stem and 0! less diameter may he slid under the rubber for adjustment as described.

than its head, whereby the bolt 5. The metal retaining-band comprising to rest against and be secured to the web of two side tubes and e0m1ecting-web',m1d adaptthe other member. to

ed to be combined with a rubber tire to have Siguedhy me, at Springfield, this 8th day of the tubes inelosed therein on each side of its January, 1898.

vertical center; and a joint for the band ends CHARLES A. MAYNARD,

comprising pins received in both ends of the Witnesses: joined tubes and made fast to both, and a R. F. HYDE, tongue from the web of one member adapt-ed PENN TYLER. 

